momentary

[Mo·men*ta*ry]

Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.

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Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.

Adjective S.
lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"


a.
Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.


Momentary

Mo"men*ta*ry , a. [L. momentarius. See Moment.] Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.
This momentary joy breeds months of pain.

Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.

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Usage Examples

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or an artist getting ahead of his audience (it took me ten years to catch up to Albert Oehlen). Other times, however, these problems mean there's something wrong with the art.

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Other Usage Examples

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

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